About the Role
The Head of Financial Systems will be a pivotal leader, responsible for defining the strategy, overseeing the implementation, and ensuring the continuous improvement of Scale AI's finance technology stack. This role calls for a builder-first leader who can seamlessly integrate enterprise architecture principles with AI automation capabilities. The primary objective is to eliminate manual workflows, fortify the financial data infrastructure, and empower the Finance team to operate with the agility and precision demanded by the business. As the key technology partner to the Finance leadership team, this individual will be directly accountable for the reliability, scalability, and intelligence of every system that touches the financial close, revenue, and spend lifecycle, ensuring robust, efficient, and forward-looking financial operations.
Responsibilities
- ERP Ownership & Optimization: Own the full lifecycle of our ERP environment (NetSuite or equivalent), including architecture, configuration, integrations, and roadmap. Ensure the platform reliably supports the General Ledger, AP, AR, Procure-to-Pay, Fixed Assets, Revenue Recognition, Sales Audit, and International Consolidations & Reporting.
- Order-to-Cash & Procure-to-Pay: Drive end-to-end process excellence across Order-to-Cash (Sales/Revenue Capture, Sales Audit, Billing) and Procure-to-Pay (Direct & Indirect Purchasing). Identify gaps between upstream systems and ERP, and close them through disciplined integration design.
- AI Agent Deployment: Identify opportunities to replace manual finance workflows with AI/LLM-powered agents. Build and manage internal agents that automate forecasting inputs, variance analysis, close task management, and reconciliation — reducing cycle time and surfacing actionable insights for Finance leadership.
- Systems Integration & Data Architecture: Design scalable data flows and APIs that connect the ERP to adjacent finance tools (billing, expense, FP&A, treasury) into a cohesive, auditable ecosystem. Ensure clean, governed data movement from source systems to the general ledger and reporting layer.
- Operational Excellence & Controls: Establish disciplined change management, clear data governance, and measurable SLAs across all financial systems. Stabilize environments to support audit readiness, SOX compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Finance Stakeholder Partnership: Serve as the primary technology partner to the CFO, Controller, FP&A, and Accounting teams. Translate complex technical constraints into business outcomes and align system roadmaps with Finance's strategic priorities.
- Team Leadership: Build and lead a high-impact Finance Systems team. Foster a culture of curiosity, speed, and user-centricity — where the team is as proud of a clean reconciliation workflow as any external product shipped.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience leading finance systems or enterprise application functions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Deep, hands-on knowledge of ERP platforms (NetSuite strongly preferred) across core modules: GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Revenue Recognition, Procure-to-Pay, Sales Audit, and International Consolidations.
- Strong understanding of Order-to-Cash (Sales/Revenue Capture, Sales Audit, Billing) and Procure-to-Pay (Direct & Indirect Purchasing).
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing: comprehensive health coverage, dental and vision insurance, mental healthcare services, PTO policies, and accommodating schedules to ensure time off for relaxation and recharge. Offerings may vary by region.
- Personal & Career Growth: annual learning & development stipend, leadership breakfasts, manager training, speaker series, and Employee Resource Group (ERG) participation for continuous learning and growth.
- Building Scale Community: welcome guests to offices, Scalien families and friends around, local happy hours, game nights, book clubs, and many other employee-led community events.
- Parental Support: adequate leave policies to promote a healthy home and work life.